Guy Sherwin
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Born in 1948, Guy Sherwin studied painting at Chelsea School of Art in London. Inspired by films and expanded cinema from the London Filmmakers’ Co-op, he began making films and acquired laboratory skills while working there during the 1970s. His 16mm films are often highly concentrated in their form, but very diverse in terms of their imagery and approach. The Short Film Series (1975-ongoing) and live performance pieces such as Man with Mirror (1976-ongoing) involve human, animal and natural phenomena transcribed as filmic subjects, while his optical sound films and performances explore a wide variety of abstract audiovisual ideas.
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Cat (1998)
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Sound Shapes (1972)
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Notes (1979)
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Newsprint #2 (2003)
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Why there is something rather than nothing (2019)
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Messages (1984)
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Under the Freeway (1995)
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Soundtrack (1977)
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Musical Stairs (1977)
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Cycle (1978)
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Bay Bridge from Embarcadero (2006)
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Columns (1977)
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Salt Water (1986)
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Flight (1998)
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Chimney (1977)
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Handcrank Clock (1976)
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Animal Studies (1998)
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Phase Loop (1971)
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Sound Cuts (2007)
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Cycles #1 (1972)
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Spirals (1974)
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Tap (1978)
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After the Freeway (2006)
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Clouds & Wires (1998)
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Interval (1974)
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Barn (1978)
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Maya (1978)
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Da Capo: Variations on a Train with Anna (2000)
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Interval #2 (2007)
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Camden Road Station (2003)
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Bruce Baillie at Total Mobile Home Talking About All My Life (2004)
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Guy & Kai (2013)
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Animal Studies (Egret / Seagull Reflection / Midges / Spider / Swans in a Line) (2026)
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Newsprint #1 (1972)
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Treeline (1976)
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Railings (1977)
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Piano (2013)
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Metronome (1978)
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Cycles #3 (2003)
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Man with Mirror (1976)
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Vowels & Consonants (2005)
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Mobius Loops (2007)
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Blink (1977)
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Views from Home (2005)
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Light Leaves (1978)
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Split Wires (2022)
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Light Cycles (2016)
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Clock & Train (1978)
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Half Light (2018)
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Remjet (2015)
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Tree & Cloud (1998)
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Gnats (1998)
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Paper Landscape #2 (2017)
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Vermeer Frames (1976)
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Nijomasue (2017)
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At the Academy (1974)
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Abrasion Loops (2007)
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Notes #2 (2007)
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Breathing (1978)
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Hand/Shutter (1976)
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Candle & Clock (1977)
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Yi Wei (2011)
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Notes #1 (1979)
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Short Film Series (2014)
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Eye (1978)
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Track (1976)
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Optical Sound (2007)
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Four Films about Music (Silent Jazz / Orchestra / Pause / Interior Music) (2026)
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Filter Beds (1998)
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Portrait with Parents (1975)
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Connemara (1980)
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Coots (1998)
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Window (1976)
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Cross Section #2 (2007)
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Prelude (1996)
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Swimming (1977)
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Cat on TV (1977)
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Mei (2010)
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Wind & Water (1980)
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Paper Landscape (2009)
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Tree Reflection (1998)
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Night Train (1979)
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Window/Light (2013)
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Mile End Purgatorio (1991)
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